Scones, ice cream and cornucopias!

Sorry I haven't updated things the last couple of weeks. We have been having so much fun and I have been forgetting to take pictures of everything. Last week we learned the letter I and made homemade ice cream for cooking. The kids are always so funny. Everyday they ask me if we are cooking. It is there favorite part I think. We made cornucopias this week for art. I always thought there was more symbolism to the cornucopia but when I looked it up it said it is a symbol of having an abundance of food. Which makes sense why we have cornucopias at Thanksgiving time. This week we read the story The Little Red Hen. We talked about the importance of helping if we want to share the reward. Along with this we made scones. I have never seen happier kids. They kept saying how good they were and that they needed to have the recipe. So for you parents, I'll let you know my "Famous" scone recipe. Rhodes rolls thawed and rolled out. Then fry in a couple inches of oil. Top with butter, honey, jam or cinnamon sugar. It's that simple :) Next week we only have class on Tuesday due to Thanksgiving. I am excited for all the fun things I have planned. I hope you have a great holiday and just wanted to to say that I am Thankful for your children. Thank you for sharing a piece of them with me each week. They bring so much joy to my life.

Halloween pictures

Thank you to all of you that were able to come to our Halloween Party and help out. It was a lot of fun to see the kids all dressed up and having such a good time. We had so much fun reading Halloween books, making art pumpkins with marbles and paint, playing bingo and Don't eat Jack! And of course had some yummy treats. Thanks Trisha for taking these pictures :)

Thankful Tree and The Food Pyramid

Today was a fun day even though I was sad that two of our students were absent today. We made a thankful tree and put leaves that were covered in glitter and stickers of some of our favorite things. Included in this list was: The sun, My Toys, My Family, My mommy, Trains, My Friends and my little pony with the purple comb. :) Kids are so cute! We also learned about the 6 food groups and made a giant food pyramid. We then put all the food from my bags into their correct category. I think the kids were a little sad when we talked about not eating a lot from the sweets, fats, and oils group.

G is for Giraffe

Did you know that Giraffes are the tallest of all animals? They can grow to be 18 ft. tall and weigh over 4,000 pounds. They have short upstanding manes, the same number of neck bones as all other animals, sharp eyesight, and unique pattern of patches on them. They eat leaves from acacia trees and twigs from the top of the trees. They live in Africa and travel in herds. This is what we learned this week for letter G day. We also read a book called "The Unhappy Giraffe" that Miss Julie wrote in Junior High. Afterwards we made our own giraffes which the kiddos were so excited to see stand up on their clothes pin legs. It was a fun day!

Watch out it's about ready to BLOW!

This week was a lot of fun! We had a lot of activities to do. Thursdays are always the busy days trying to do music, science and cooking all in an hour but the kiddos just love this day and I enjoy watching their smiles on their faces. This last Thursday we made spider cookies for cooking and then we did a couple of experiments for science. Our first experiment was with pepper and dish soap. Apparently pepper repels the dish soap when they touch. Then we made our very own volcano and made it erupt. It was so much fun and the kids wanted to keep doing it over and over again. Each time the screams got a little louder.

Will it Sink or will it Float?

This week was Fall Break so we only had class on Tuesday. I made sure I got cooking and Science in since we had our field trip last week and because these are the FAVORITES for the kiddos. For science we played a little game of will it sink or will it float? They got so excited to pick an object out of the bag and make a guess before putting it in the water. I was really surprised by a few of the results. I had thought for sure the chapstick would sink but it floated and the cotton ball ended up sinking once it was filled with water. :0 It was a lot of fun! For cooking we made Carmel Apples with candy corns. They were tasty and everyone loved dipping and decorating.

Chip Clip floated
Action Figure sunk very quickly!
Potato sunk to the bottom.
Apple floated, anyone want to bob for apples?
The whistle sunk.
The small dish floated high.
Of course the nail polish sunk.
The empty pill bottle floated.

Field Trip to Vineyard Nursery

We had a lot of fun at out field trip to Vineyard Nursery in Orem. The kids got to make their way through a corn maze and then played in some fun little houses and tunnels. They went through a "light alley" which they all thought was neat. We ate lunch together and then picked out a pumpkin to take home. Thanks for a great day! It was so fun to see everyone have a great day.

Fall is here

Last week we talked about the leaves changing and the different things that happen in Fall. I had collected some leaves while hiking over the weekend to let the kids use to make artwork. They turned out really cute and they loved looking at real leaves that were different colors. On Thursday we learned about bats to go along with the month of October. We looked at real pictures of bats and then made bat books. Afterwards for cooking we made dirt with worms in it since bats like to eat insects. All the kids wanted to eat them right away but waited to have them for when they got home. Next week is our field trip to Vineyard Nursery. I am so excited for it. To end this post I had to end with a cute story about one of the kiddos. Last week one of the little girls in the class hurt her finger while playing. I gave it a kiss better and let her put it under cold water and she eventually stopped crying. On Thursday I was going to pick something up and hit my head pretty hard on the table. The same little girl looked at me and said, "It's not bleeding, You're ok!" I thought it was so funny since she had been so upset when she got hurt. Kids are so cute and fun. I love the funny little things they say.

Cookie Day :)

Today was a great day. Everything ran smoothly and all the kids had a great time. We made sugar cookies and frosted them. We also learned about Flowers and how they drink water through their stems. We started a science experiment to watch the food coloring go up the stem and change colors of white carnations. They took longer than I expected they would so the kids will get to take them home on Tuesday next week. On a good note: Everyone is doing better at writing their name! I'm so happy that more kiddos are learning how to do it and becoming more independent. It makes my job a lot easier.